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Philip James Selway (born 23 May 1967) is an English musician and the drummer of the rock band Radiohead. He combines rock drumming with electronic percussion. Selway was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Radiohead in 2019.
Apr 11, 2023 · Philip Selway, the drummer from Radiohead, discusses producing his third solo album "Strange Dance".
Jan 31, 2023 · Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has spoken to NME about how the band’s early days in smaller venues helped shape the group, as well as what the future has in store.
- Andrew Trendell
- Strange Dance
- 7 Worlds Collide
- Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
- Let Me Go Soundtrack
- Guesting with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band
- Performing with The Dap-Kings on Fallon
I found it really interesting that you decided not to play the drums on the album. Why not? PHILIP SELWAY: I kind of always intended playing drums, I just hadn’t really thought about it that much before I went into the studio. [Laughs] I think really focusing on getting the songs to the point where they felt solid, that they just had the session te...
This was a collaborative project organized by Neil Finn, which brought you to New Zealand alongside artists like Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, two-thirds of Wilco, and your Radiohead bandmate Ed O’Brien among others. How’d you get involved? SELWAY: The first 7 Worlds Collide was back in 2001. It was April 2001. Ed was going down, and we’d met Neil Fin...
You and Jonny Greenwood were cast as members of the band the Wyrd Sisters alongside Jarvis Cocker and others. How’d that happen? SELWAY: Jarvis Cocker and Jason Buckle had been writing the songs for this, the Yule Ball scene in Goblet Of Fire. I was in the conversation with Jonny being invited to go and play guitar on it, and [laughs] I think I rat...
Was this the first time you’ve done music for a movie? SELWAY:Yes, it was. Kind of stumbled into that one as well. So, I’d been talking with the producer, and the director was kind of bringing all the elements of the film together. And originally I was in more of a music supervisor role, but then as everything started to unfold a bit more, they ask...
Did you get to pick which songs you wanted to do? SELWAY: [Laughs.] Oh, no no no. That was a wonderfully bizarre day. So I’d gone across to New York, been invited to go and do an interview with Ringo Starr for the Beatles channel. Really exciting. So I turned up, and we were just chatting before the interview, and they said, “I hope you don’t mind....
SELWAY: With Weatherhouse, one of the singles was “It Will End In Tears,” so I was invited onto Jimmy Fallon to perform it. And I was just thinking, “Well, how am I going to do it?” And in my head, I just felt that it could work really well as a Dap-Kings performance. I’d been to see them play in London. They were doing one of their revue shows. It...
- Chris Deville
Oct 10, 2014 · Philip Selway, that band’s drummer, is a very nice man, polite and accommodating, and in possession of a brow seemingly incapable of throwing a frown. But, still, he is a member of Radiohead,...
Oct 30, 2017 · Philip Selway has spent 30 years in charge of Radiohead’s amazing drum sounds. Fifty-year-old Selway is that bald guy in all the band’s photos and videos, the one who always has perfect ...
Oct 27, 2023 · The Radiohead drummer is calm, thoughtful and precise. He says he's a bit of a perfectionist, which may explain why he didn't release his first solo album until 2010, almost 20 years after ...
